South Croydon

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South Croydon Safer Neighbourhoods Team

Your Safer Neighbourhoods Team is a group of Met police officers dedicated to serving your community. The team is made up of officers based in your area or 'ward', supported by additional officers from the wider area.

We work closely with local authorities, community leaders and residents to decide our policing priorities for the area. This helps us to find useful, long-term solutions to local problems, while maintaining our wider focus on reducing crime across London.

To contact to your team about local policing issues, email us at SouthCroydon@contact.metengage.co.uk or pick an officer to email below. (Please do not use this contact method to report crime, in an emergency always call 999 or you can report crime online at www.met.police.uk or dial 101).

Aaron Bawden (Metropolitan Police Service, Sergeant, Park Hill & Whitgift / South Croydon)

Aaron Bawden

Sergeant

Ciaran Quinn (Metropolitan Police Service, Police Constable, South Croydon SNT)

Ciaran Quinn

Police Constable

Carla Sava (Metropolitan Police Service, PCSO, South Croydon SNT)

Carla Sava

PCSO

Andrew Smith (Metropolitan Police, Inspector, Croydon South Neighbourhoods)

Andrew Smith

Inspector

Jack Stratton (Metropolitan Police Service, Police Constable, South Croydon SNT)

Jack Stratton

Police Constable

Anca Ungureanu (Metropolitan Police, PCSO, South Croydon SNT)

Anca Ungureanu

PCSO

Local Priority Issues

We are committed to tackling the issues that matter most to local communities. Based on our conversations with residents, and the issues they have raised with us, our main priorities are:

Priority Action taken

Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB): Tackling drug taking, squatting, begging and ASB in public spaces.

Issued 17 February 2026

No action

Speeding and Vehicle offences - Our residents have told us that speeding is a problem within the side streets of the ward what run off the main roads.

Issued 17 February 2026

No action

Burglary

Residential and commercial burglaries have a significant impact on victims and the wider community, causing emotional distress, financial loss, and a sense of insecurity. Recent incidents and community feedback indicate burglary remains a concern in the ward.

Issued 17 February 2026

Conduct regular high-visibility patrols in burglary hotspot areas, especially during peak times (e.g. evenings and early mornings).

Work with local residents and Neighbourhood Watch groups to promote crime prevention advice, including securing homes, installing CCTV, and reporting suspicious activity.

Deliver burglary prevention leaflets and host pop-up crime prevention stalls at community hubs.

Identify and monitor known offenders and work with partners to disrupt criminal activity.

Collaborate with local housing associations and council teams to improve environmental design and security in vulnerable areas.

Actioned 30 January 2026

The word cloud below represents the issues raised by residents through their Local Matters survey. We take this into consideration along with discussions with stakeholders, ward panel meetings and conversations with the public when setting our key priorities

What members in South Croydon are saying are the issues in the area:

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